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Saturday, February 02, 2008
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days like this
Groundhog day! Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Matt and I both decided that the groundhog has never not seen his shadow and there has always been six more weeks of winter. We both agree too that when you hear "six more weeks of winter" you think, "Oh, well that's not that long. I can wait six more weeks." And maybe that is actually the whole point of groundhogs day...hope! Although, TODAY feels like an early spring day. It is going to be 56 degrees and sunny. I am sitting outside drinking my tea with Dinah and Oden, getting ready to take Dinah on a long hike.
Days like this are my favorite! The only thing that is missing is an outside table at a coffee shop and a deck of cards--My old Sundays:) Days like this make me feel fortunate that I live in the country, for now. I have the fresh air, very little noise and only the trees to view outside my back window. On days like this I am happy anywhere. Days like this, with its crisp air and crystal clear blue skies are a gift from God! They clear the mind and make things simple and beautiful.
The decisions that have been weighing me down seem lighter on quietly beautiful days like this. Days like this make me feel like, wherever I decide to go, I will be happy as long as there are days like this to look foreward to.
--Here is a small prayer that everyone will have thier days like this--
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Monday, December 17, 2007
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Stand-out!
Current mood:  hopeful
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't always mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child and you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure you really are strong you really do have worth and you learn and you learn with every goodbye, you learn... ©1971 Veronica A. Shoffstall
*I was feeling down today and I happened across this little passage.
Over the weekend Jonathan and I talked about life goals and what it is that we all want. I recently heard someone say that in modern times if a person is asked what it is they want from life they would say "happiness," which is admirable and we all want it, but 50 years ago the answer would have been "integrity." Having integrity is less obscure than being happy. Integrity is a hopeful motivator, while happiness can seemingly be bought in the moment. Integrity has longevity, while happiness is fleeting. JOY comes with integrity. And with joy comes fulfillment.
I think that we all encounter people who like to tell us how to think and feel and what to say, and how to act. And unfortunately, in the past I have been swayed by others' perceptions of me. But somehow I have always managed to maintain enough of myself to leave with integrity. Change can be difficult, whether it is a move, or the end of a relationship, or a change in career... but if a person can learn to adapt and appreciate their ambiguity, and accept change with integrity, then they can walk away with their heads held high.
Some things can only be learned with time and experience, and these things can be the most difficult lessons to accept. Luckily, the hardship of these lessons is not for want of purpose. Hardship teaches us mercy for ourselves and others, and it teaches us to appreciate the good times and the good people in our lives; the ones who accept our differences along with our similarities. And it is to these people in my life that I feel truly grateful!!
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